A Clinton/Warren Ticket is a No-Brainer

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32. As a Sanders supporter I winced at the way "old-white man" description was applied

to him over the past year. Those were low blows, but I am not sure how significant they are to the national political mood.

I don't think the Clinton campaign or Clinton supporters ever recognized that phrasing as a significant problem. Consequently, I wouldn't expect it to be seen as a crack needing any attention.

White men still define the political opposition's base and white man still applies perfectly to Trump. White men as in 'white patriarchy' are not only iconic historical opponents to much of Clinton's coalition, white patriarchy is often seen as near if not the root cause of social inequality. White men are also painted as the common denominator in the problem with guns and mass murder (although the numbers around gun violence provide some actuarial challenges to that perspective).

Making clear distinctions with the opponent is an often useful and common tactic in politics which would be quietly emphasized in the choice of Warren as vp.

In a more traditional frame of mind, a Clinton/Warren ticket does little to appeal to a national electorate in the usual ethno-geographic sense.

But with Trump as an icon of what's wrong with men on the right as the main opposition, traditional demands are muted. At this moment there doesn't seem to be any important ethno-geographic group clamoring for recognition and representation on the ticket, while Warren is a vigorous and convincing opponent to all that Trump represents.

We'll have to wait to see how the numbers work in the polls for the test run. If the numbers still look good going into late July, it could well happen.